Removal from membership of University and withdrawal of degree or diploma

48.

1. (1) The Chancellor may, on the recommendation of the Executive Council and of the Court supported by a majority of not less than two-thirds of the members of each body present at its meeting such majority comprising not less than one-half of the members each body remove the name of any person from the register of graduates or withdraw from any person a diploma or degree conferred upon him by the University, if he has been convicted by a court of law of any offence which in the opinion of the Executive Council and the Court is a serious offence involving moral turpitude or if he has been guilty of scandalous conduct.
2. (2) No action under this section shall be taken unless the person concerned is given an opportunity to be heard in his defence in the manner prescribed by the Statutes.